A 23-YEAR-OLD self-proclaimed prophet from Bulawayo has
been sentenced to three months in prison after he stole and sold a Nokia Lumia
cellphone which he took from the owner under the pretext that he wanted to pray
over it as it was the source of his misfortunes.
Givemore Mujeyi of Paddonhurst suburb stole Mr Shakemore
Marange’s phone while they were at a prayer meeting at Marange’s home in
Matshobane suburb.
A court heard how Mujeyi ordered Marange to wrap the phone
in a white cloth before he put it in a spare bedroom and asked people not to
open the room.
Mujeyi told Western Commonage magistrate Ms Tancy Dube that
he stole the phone and sold it for $ 7 because he wanted quick money.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of theft and was sentenced to
three months in jail.
The magistrate said Mujeyi was not fit to perform community
service as investigations showed that he did not have a fixed place of
residence.
The prosecutor, Mrs Thembeni Mpofu said on Thursday last
week, Mujeyi attended a prayer meeting at Marange’s home.
“During the meeting he asked Marange to wrap his phone with
a white cloth and give it to him so he could pray over it because it was the
reason why things were not going well in his life.
The court heard that Mujeyi put the phone in a clay pot,
prayed over it and later asked to put the clay pot in a spare bedroom so that
no one could see or touch it. Marange said he could not believe he had been
tricked by a church member.
“For about three days no one opened the spare bedroom. I
later thought l should check on the phone since it had been three days and we
had not heard anything from Mujeyi. When l got into the room there was no phone
in the pot,” he said.
Marange confronted Mujeyi and he said he took the phone and
sold it.A police report was made and Mujeyi was arrested. Chronicle
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